Bioinformatics

Dr. Touati Benoukraf, PhD

Appointments: Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair (tier 2) in Bioinformatics for Personalized Medicine Affiliation: Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland Research interests: Bioinformatics, computational biology, epigenetics, omics, DNA methylation, transcription factors, sequencing, colorectal cancer Research Summary: As a Canada Research Chair in Bioinformatics for Personalized Medicine, I am actively integrating … Read more

Dr. Eric P. Allain, PhD

Appointments: Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton; Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke Affiliations: Vitalité Health Network, Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre, Department of Clinical Genetics, 330 Université Ave, Moncton, NB, E1C 2Z3 Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, NB, E1C 8X3, Canada Department of Chemistry and … Read more

Dr. Thomas J. Belbin, PhD

Appointments: GSK Chair in Oncology Research, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Associate Professor, Discipline of Oncology; Cross Appointed with Bioscience of Health and Disease; BHCRI Assistant Scientific Director, Newfoundland Affiliations: Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY USA Research Interests: epigenetics, genomics, bioinformatics, head and neck cancer, KRAB-ZNF … Read more

Dr. Jeanette Boudreau, PhD

Appointments: Scientific Director, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; cross-appointed to the Department of Pathology Affiliations: Dalhousie University Research Interests: Natural Killer cells, NK immunogenetics, cancer gene and expression profiling, bioinformatics Precision natural killer cell therapy Cancer results when mutations in a person’s DNA drive uncontrolled growth of a population of … Read more

Dr. Daniel Gaston, PhD

Appointments: Clinical Laboratory Bioinformatician, Molecular Diagnostics, Division of Hematopathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nova Scotia Health Authority Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University Affiliations: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nova Scotia Health Authority; Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Genomics, Cancer Genomics, Molecular Evolution Involvement with BHCRI to date: … Read more

Dr. Tobias K. Karakach, PhD

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University; Adjunct Professor, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba. Affiliations: Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute; Trace Analysis Research Center Research Interests: Bioinformatics; Genomics; Transcriptomics; Proteomics; Pediatric Cancer; Wilms Tumor; Metabolomics; single cell RNAseq Solving our biggest health challenges by studying the smallest units of life New … Read more

Dr. Morgan G. I. Langille, Ph.D.

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology; cross-appointed to Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Canada Research Chair in Human Microbiomics Affiliations: Dalhousie University Research Interests: Human microbiome, precision medicine, metagenomics, bioinformatics, cancer biomarkers The role of the microbiome in cancer The human microbiome is the community of microbes that inhabit and interact with the human body. … Read more

Dr. Victor D Martinez, PhD

Appointments: Clinical Genomics Specialist, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IWK Health Centre; Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University Affiliations: Member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University; Member of the Centre for Genomics Enhanced Medicine (CGEM) Research Interests: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Environmental carcinogenesis, Arsenic, Next-generation sequencing Using bioinformatics to decipher … Read more

Dr. Devanand M. Pinto, PhD

Appointments: Senior Research Officer, National Research Council, Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University Affiliations: National Research Council, Human Health Therapeutics. Dalhousie University, Department of Chemistry Research Interests: Proteomics, Predictive & prognostic biomarkers, cancer metabolism, bioinformatics and circulating tumor cells. Quantitative Analysis of Biological Systems My research involves the development of bioanalytical techniques for quantitative measurement of nucleic … Read more